Sam Seder
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Does Arizona Spell Doom For Republican Midterms?
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April 30, 2018
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"Republicans held on to a contested Arizona House seat in Tuesday’s special election, sparing the party yet another humiliating defeat in once-safe GOP territory.
Republican Debbie Lesko, 59, a conservative former state senator, bested Democrat Hiral Tipirneni, 50, a health care advocate and physician, in a surprisingly competitive race to represent Arizona’s 8th Congressional District.
Lesko received 52.6 percent of the vote, compared with 47.4 percent for Tipirneni.
Although Donald Trump won the suburban Phoenix district by 21 percentage points in 2016, the party had to fight to hold on to it this time. Three national Republican organs ― the National Republican Congressional Committee, the Republican National Committee and the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) ― together spent more than $1.2 million on Lesko’s behalf.
The outcome likely provides limited comfort to Republican strategists confronted with still more evidence that the party is due for a reckoning in November."*
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